Implementation rules for India’s first fuel consumption norms for cars is full of holes, says CSE
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found serious loopholes in the recently released draft rules for measuring and monitoring compliance with the new fuel consumption standards for passenger cars to be enforced for the first time in India this year. India, so far, is the only major vehicle producing region in the world that has not implemented fuel efficiency norms for vehicles. While these norms were notified way back in 2015, rules for compliance with the norms have just been proposed by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for implementation this year.
Says Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director-research and advocacy, CSE: “The proposed compliance rules have allowed number of concessions for the car industry to score extra points for certain technologies for c...